On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era
Subtitle: Collected Essays
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2021
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781783747696
Subjects: Literature, modern, history and criticism, 18th century; German literature, history and criticism
Description: This elegant collection of essays ranges across eighteenth and nineteenth-century thought, covering philosophy, science, literature and religion in the 'Age of Goethe.' A recognised authority in the field, Nisbet grapples with the major voices of the Enlightenment and gives pride of place to the figures of Lessing, Herder, Goethe and Schiller.